Video: 23-minute press conference with Jaycee Dugard's new lawyer

Sep. 25, 2009

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SACRAMENTO - An attorney representing kidnap victim Jaycee Dugard said she and her two daughters are doing very well as they adjust to their new life and become acquainted with Jaycee's mother Terry Probyn.

The family is reportedly living in seclusion in Northern California.

McGregor Scott, a former U.S. prosecutor, said he was approached a week ago about representing the family, which is receiving free legal help from his Sacramento law firm.

"I was very pleasantly surprised, candidly, when I met with them for the first time to see how well they seem to be doing," said Scott.

He added that Dugard is aware of the media spotlight and that she and her mother are protecting the girls from getting "too much information too early in the process." Scott also stated that Dugard does not want media attention and would not be appearing on shows in the foreseeable future.

Scott said Dugard realizes she will need to testify against her accused kidnapper and father of her two daughters Phillip Garrido as well as his wife Nancy about her life in their Antioch home.

"She's had children in that environment, so it's really what she has known in essence for her life, so that's one competing emotion. On the other side, there's no question she knows the terrible and wrong things that were done to her," said Scott.

Scott was also critical of law enforcement agencies that "failed" to discover what was going on in Phillip Garrido's Antioch home.

Scott said Dugard and Probyn would now like the media to focus on other families who have missing children so perhaps they can experience similar reunions.